Physics Collection (page 9)

Halley's Comet
5307506 Halley's Comet.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Halley's Comet passing over Jerusalem in 66 AD. Discovered by Edmond Halley (1656-1742) an English astronomer, geophysicist

Gramme dynamo, the first practical dynamo. Invented by Zenobe Theophile Gramme (1826-1901)
UIG5430115 Gramme dynamo, the first practical dynamo. Invented by Zenobe Theophile Gramme (1826-1901) (premier generateur electrique dynamo Gramme) in 1870 (object); Dorling Kindersley/UIG.

Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. Title page of his "Opticks", 2nd edition
UIG5425674 Isaac Newton (1642-1727) English scientist and mathematician. Title page of his "Opticks", 2nd edition. London, 1794. ©UIG/Leemage.

A woodcut engraving depicting the process of increasing the power of a candle by passing the light through a
5311556 A woodcut engraving depicting the process of increasing the power of a candle by passing the light through a water-filled glass globe which acted as a condenser

Clepsydra: Water Clock
5311780 Clepsydra: Water Clock; (add.info.: Clepsydra: in which the escapement was operated by the weight of water in different tanks. Dated 1664.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Iron hitting flint being used to create a spark. Descartes used this to illustrate his idea that essential particles
5311538 Iron hitting flint being used to create a spark. Descartes used this to illustrate his idea that essential particles (in this case fiery ones) make up all things

A woodcut engraving depicting perpetual motion by magnetism. A is a spherical magnet with its poles on either side
5311359 A woodcut engraving depicting perpetual motion by magnetism. A is a spherical magnet with its poles on either side. A piece of iron lies at D and is attracted up the slide C B to E

A diagram showing the lines of magnetic force demonstrated by using two magnets and iron filings, 19th century
5311306 A diagram showing the lines of magnetic force demonstrated by using two magnets and iron filings, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A diagram showing the lines of magnetic force demonstrated by using two magnets and iron filings, 19th century
5311303 A diagram showing the lines of magnetic force demonstrated by using two magnets and iron filings, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG.

An engraving showing the front and back view of Henry Cavendish's registering thermometer
5311276 An engraving showing the front and back view of Henry Cavendish's registering thermometer. Henry Cavendish (1731-1810) a British natural philosopher, scientist

The resolution of forces illustrated by a kite in flight
5310274 The resolution of forces illustrated by a kite in flight; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the resolution of forces illustrated by a kite in flight)

Archimedes in his bath
5310220 Archimedes in his bath; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting Archimedes in his bath. Archimedes a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer)

The principles of leverage
5310033 The principles of leverage; (add.info.: Woodblock engraving depicting the principles of leverage. Dated 16th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

A lady summoning a servant with a bell
5310171 A lady summoning a servant with a bell; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a lady summoning a servant by means of a bell)

Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's outdoor experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by
5309465 Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's outdoor experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity; (add.info)

Engraving depicting a young woman performing a gravity-defying trick, at the Casino de Paris
5309159 Engraving depicting a young woman performing a gravity-defying trick, at the Casino de Paris, with the use of rubber suction cups on her shoes

Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier, 1880 (engraving)
ELD4837803 Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier, 1880 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean Francois Pilatre de Rosier (1757-1785)

Presentation in 1801 of the experiments on the electric battery to the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte by Volta
CUL4932588 Presentation in 1801 of the experiments on the electric battery to the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte by Volta (engraving); (add.info.: Volta)

Refraction of rays inside the human eye, from Dioptrique by Descartes, 1637 (engraving)
CUL4935125 Refraction of rays inside the human eye, from Dioptrique by Descartes, 1637 (engraving); (add.info.: DESCARTES, Rene (1596-1650)

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), c.1656 (engraving)
7341594 Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), c.1656 (engraving) by Villamena, Francesco (1566-1624); 21.4x15.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Isaac Newton's Steam engine
5615875 Isaac Newton's Steam engine; (add.info.: Adaptive drawing of Isaac Newton's Steam engine demonstrating his 3rd law of motion (action and reaction). 1891

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733830 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

John William Strutt
3733461 John William Strutt.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842-1919) a physicist who, with William Ramsay, discovered argon

Henry Augustus Rowland
3733309 Henry Augustus Rowland.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Henry Augustus Rowland (1848-1901) an American physicist and first President of the American Physical Society

An aurora seen during the 7th Century from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3740711 An aurora seen during the 7th Century from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an aurora during the 7th Century from the from the Nuremburg Chronicle by Hartmann Schedel)

The fifth day of creation from the Nuremburg Chronicle
3740692 The fifth day of creation from the Nuremburg Chronicle; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the fifth day of creation - God creating the birds)

Treatise Kit?b al-Burh?n f? asr?r 'ilm al-m?z?n
2625124 Treatise Kit?b al-Burh?n f? asr?r 'ilm al-m?z?n; (add.info.: The illuminated opening of a copy of the alchemical treatise Kit?b al-Burh?n f? asr?r 'ilm al-m?z)

Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier
2623688 Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (-1785) French chemistry and physics teacher, and one of the first pioneers of aviation

Energy: Melloni's thermopile, c.1830. c.1900 (chromo)
2636208 Energy: Melloni's thermopile, c.1830. c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sciences. Macedonion Melloni's thermopile)

John Tyndall
3586062 John Tyndall; (add.info.: Portrait of John Tyndall (1820-1893) an Irish physicist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Sir Benjamin Thompson. 1800
3585529 Sir Benjamin Thompson. 1800; (add.info.: Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (1753 - 1814) American-born British physicist

Electrical clock, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790160 Electrical clock, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: Electrical clock : boy in bed waking up, illustration from History of electricity in France, early 20th century); Photo © CCI.

Portrait of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
672529 Portrait of Charles Thomson Rees Wilson; (add.info.: Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (14 February 1869 - 15 November 1959)

Jules Antoine Lissajou's original apparatus, 1873 (engraving)
1574773 Jules Antoine Lissajou's original apparatus, 1873 (engraving); (add.info.: Jules Antoine Lissajou's original apparatus (1857-58) for studying optically the vibration of sound

Siren, invented by Charles Cagniard de la Tour, 1874 (engraving)
1574790 Siren, invented by Charles Cagniard de la Tour, 1874 (engraving); (add.info.: Siren, invented by Charles Cagniard de la Tour (1777-1859), French engineer and physicist

Edison's phonometer, 1878
1574788 Edison's phonometer, 1878; (add.info.: Edison's phonometer which used the energy generated by speech to drive a flywheel)

Tuning Fork Experiment, 1887 (engraving)
1574787 Tuning Fork Experiment, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: Causing a tuning fork to vibrate by drawing a bow across it. Engraving from ''Natural Philosophy'' by A)

Engraving by Amedee Guillemin, 1874 (engraving)
1574777 Engraving by Amedee Guillemin, 1874 (engraving); (add.info.: Seaman using a speaking trumpet to hail another vessel)

Experiment to measure the velocity of sound in water, 1880 (engraving)
1574769 Experiment to measure the velocity of sound in water, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Experiment to measure the velocity of sound in water)

A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904
537801 A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris. Engraving published 1904; (add.info.: A corner of Pierre and Marie Curie's laboratory, Paris)

Rumford's fireplace
536208 Rumford's fireplace.; (add.info.: Rumford's fireplace. Improved efficiency by reducing chimney and depth of fireplace and putting polished plates to reflect heat into room)

Foucault's pendulum which demonstrated both the rotation of the earth and the concept of inertia
530777 Foucault's pendulum which demonstrated both the rotation of the earth and the concept of inertia. Leon Foucault (1819-1861) French physicist. Wood engraving, c1895

Repeat of Foucault's demonstration of the Earth's rotation made at the Polytechnic Institution
530775 Repeat of Foucault's demonstration of the Earth's rotation made at the Polytechnic Institution, London in May 1851 by Dr Bachhoffner. Leon Foucault (1819-1861) French physicist

X-rays and radiography. Position of needle in woman's hand being shown being. From Liebig trade card c.1900
527525 X-rays and radiography. Position of needle in woman's hand being shown being. From Liebig trade card c.1900. Chromolithograph ; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Max Planck, German physicist (b/w photo)
8673271 Max Planck, German physicist (b/w photo) by Byk, Suse (1884-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: Max Planck (1858-1947), German physicist

Planetary system, 1830-36 (lithograph)
7341588 Planetary system, 1830-36 (lithograph) by Barfoot, S. (19th century); 36.8x44 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator: S. Barfoot; S)

Astronomical glass plate slide of lithographic portrait of Galileo Galilei (glass negative)
7342386 Astronomical glass plate slide of lithographic portrait of Galileo Galilei (glass negative) by Italian School, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London

Astronomical glass plate slide of the Moon in first quarter (1899), 1899 (glass negative)
7342358 Astronomical glass plate slide of the Moon in first quarter (1899), 1899 (glass negative) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London

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